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The pleasant young lady that answered the phone and took my order assured me that I would get my delivery in 45 minutes.
An hour later, I call them and they tell me it’s on the way.
Ten minutes later, the driver calls me and asks where I live.
Then he calls five minutes later, insisting he’s in front of the house. I look, there’s nobody. He’s pissed, banging on the door, and the guy that opened the door wasn’t too happy either. “Nope, got the wrong block, buddy,” before slamming the door so loud, I felt it.
Anyway, my friend Jennifer was buying a new laptop and asking me questions like I knew what the Hell I was talking about. What the Hell is BluRay? 2MB or 4MB? I really don’t know.
Then I started thinking about it. I want a laptop of my own. What would I do with it, though? I do most of everything on the desktop, and I really don’t “go” anywhere that would justify me bringing a laptop.
You won’t find me lounging at Starbucks. I’m not going to link up at McDonald’s. I’m perfectly fine just sitting here and doing my thing… whenever I’m here.
What am I going to do, bring it to the back so the Lil’ Moo can play in the kiddie pool or run around chasing things? I’d rather be watching him do all that stuff, maybe even partaking it with him.
It’s not the first time I thought about a laptop, and it probably won’t be the last. But what reason would I get one? Just to have one?
I remember the first time I got a cell phone. I got it because it was work issued. Otherwise, I was pretty happy with my pager. I didn’t really like it, and was glad to turn it in when I left.
It was a little over a year ago I guess when I first got a cell phone that had a camera on it. I held out. When I finally got it it was cheap, but effective. It even has “Internet access” which I guess was cool for about an hour after I played with it.
Meanwhile, everyone has cell phones about the size of credit cards.
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